When they try to bury you— Change Directions

When they try to bury you… CHANGE DIRECTIONS

sometimes the simple things are best

the alternate title to this song was "improvisations on a guitar with rusty old strings, played completely independently of each other, sitting near an open window, after bringing my cat home from the vet, recorded on my phone's voice memos app, with my phone sitting next to me on the bed, haphazardly combined using my computer"

i later changed it to the current title which makes much more sense.

i'm sorry it's not good.

music by: d kivi
picture by: d kivi

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Mum and Dad by our side

“Down and Sorry”

You never said goodbye…
I never said enough…

Verse

I wear regret like it’s stitched in my skin
Every word I said, now cuts from within
You were the calm in my chaos and fire
But I burned it down, lit by my own desire

Pre-Chorus

Tell me—
Would you take me back if I bled the truth?
If I tore myself down, would I be enough for you?

Chorus

I’m down and sorry (clean screamed)
Buried deep in what I’ve done
Tried to outrun the pain, but it always won
I’m down and sorry
And it’s killing me, I’m the broken one

Verse

You warned me love ain’t a game to play
But I gambled it all and threw it away
Now I’m choking on the silence you left
Every memory’s a nail in my chest

Chorus

I’m down and sorry
Buried deep in what I’ve done
Tried to outrun the pain, but it always won
I’m down and sorry
And it’s killing me, I’m the broken one

Bridge

Tear me apart—if it brings you peace
Rip my name from your history
I see it now—I was blind and cruel
You were love, and I was the fool

Final Chorus 

I’m down and sorry
No redemption left in me
But if I had one chance, I’d set you free
I’m down and sorry
And I’d give it all just to hear you breathe…

Outro

I’m still calling your name…
but it’s just me in the silence…

Down And Sorry

Alright my fellow freaks, outcasts, nerds, rejects, and friends, lets get this song 10,000 streams.

Freaks United

Homeless Ahead (Caution).

A hard rock anthem about betrayal, awakening, and finding your way back to life. Changing Directions tells the story of walking away from manipulation and fraud, standing in faith, and reclaiming your soul.
Written and performed by Colby Crow, produced by Larry Clendenin for BackToLife — this track is pure redemption with guitars that burn and lyrics that bite.

🎧 When they try to bury you, change directions.

©2025 BackToLife Productions. All rights reserved.

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🔥⚔️ Fire doesn’t destroy the faithful — it proves them. Stand righteous in the flame.
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Cinders Of The Righteous

The central theme of "Architects of Ruin" is **the predatory hypocrisy of power brokers who engineer societal and human devastation for personal gain, contrasted with the inexorable tide of accountability and justice**—a blistering takedown of detached elites whose "marble shine" war rooms and "polished podiums" mask the blood-soaked fallout on the "streets" and "shattered ground" below.

This unfolds through the rap-metal verses' "vicious cadence" skewering "big suits" who "gamble lives like chips" and "watch the money wake," while the blues-metal chorus thunders the indictment—"They are the architects of ruin / Stackin’ steel on a broken truth"—evoking towers of exploitation "built on the backs of the fallen." The psychedelic-prog bridge dissolves into "chaotic FX" and battlefield echoes, whispering "Who answers for the cost?" before the male vocal's drifting prophecy of crumbling systems, amplified by the guitar solo's "Collapse of the Colossus" as a sonic demolition. Ultimately, the stern outro—"History keeps the balance / No throne stands forever"—affirms a redemptive reckoning, where "the world will see," turning rage into a progressive rock ritual of exposure and renewal, echoing anti-establishment anthems like Sabbath's own war cries.

Architects of Ruin

BackToLife is a Midwest-built, underground-tested rock project blending alternative bite with progressive ambition. Minor chords, humor infused narrative lyrics drive a big sound that lives between bruised confessional and widescreen drama—pulling influence from classical to metal, city noise to open-field quiet.

After steady growth through DIY circuits and playlist traction, BackToLife is moving into a broader phase: a companion book, a run of visual releases, and collaborations with artists—including AI-animated creators—designed to extend the story beyond the speakers. “Dead to Me (Ozark Murder)” leads the charge: an unflinching, true-story confessional that points to where this is headed—darker, louder, and unmistakably honest.

Changing Directions

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